Thank you to all who joined us yesterday for the talk and viewing of my works KEUNYSER in dialogue with the ONE YEAR miners strike 84-85 exhibition. Thanks again to the @martinparrfdn@martinparrstudio and @isaac.blease for having me. You can now find all publications available at the @mpfbookshop .
"Keunyser" [koe'nI'zEr], m. – the Cornish term for a 'fuel gatherer' – Seacoal emerges from the ocean, unintentionally ensnared by trawling fishermen and delivered ashore. This material encapsulates contradictions, once a driving force propelling the progression of human civilisation, coal now casts a shadow over the very systems it once fuelled. The work is an act of labour, meticulously charting marks on paper through repetitive motions that evolve into a ritualistic performance. The coal is rolled, pushed, pulled, and rubbed, tracing the material's path of inevitable decay. Once revered, these coal relics now stand as silent witnesses to the complexities of progress and the delicate equilibrium needed to preserve our world.
Mild steel shapes planted, embedded, secured to the earth. Left to be imprinted by the elements. After a three month period the steel is photographed then removed and etched to paper.
‘FURZE’ now open at @inspectionpit.uk
Big thank you to everyone that made it down for the opening and thanks again to everyone involved.
The show runs until 26th April.
Open by appointment Thurs-Fri 10am - 3am Saturday 10am - 5pm.
These earthworks are the result of movement through burnt gorse, the accidental interaction of stick on cloth and skin, and subsequent compulsion to index the marks on paper. Sculptural and photographic, the sheets are torn by the wind and projected by sunlight, gorse branches scratched past incidental stains morphed from inconvenience to involvement. Pulled by the eternal draw of smoke and fire, the work is a synch to primal humanity.
All work enquiries and to book an appointment @inspectionpit.uk
Installation photography: @bcwphoto_uk
Hydrogen Bond. Manipulated Seaweed, 35 x 5 meters. Inner Sound, Scotland, 2026.
On a beach facing a submarine weapons testing base, two strands of seaweed, one red and one black, washed ashore, resembling unpaired DNA. They are woven into a double helix, forming a delicate, temporary structure that mirrors the fundamental building blocks of life and a hydrogen bond, the molecular force that holds DNA strands together. It represents a contrast between connection and destruction. In this setting, the act of binding organic material highlights how the same forces that hold things together can also lead to their undoing.
From RUBBLE (tipper).
A meditation on the stone age monuments and structures surrounding my studio in West Penwith, Cornwall. Illustrated through the medium of arranged and fallen rubble created during the renovation of the studio, this work is an attempt to draw parallels between the use of balance, light and labour used in previous millennia with actions within the same place today. Borne of a sense of continuation with the past at the same time as an understanding of the difference in purpose with our ancestors, this book is the result of both a spiritual and physical journey through the ancient and contemporary landscape of my home.
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS FOR A COMPLEX WORLD
Frog spawn lifted from a natural pond, with a telescopic image of the constellation Gemini and macro photographs of the developing frog embryos.
Shieldaig, Highlands, Scotland. Spring 2026.
ECHOING A FIRING RANGE. Another documentation of new work developed during my time in the Highlands on residency at @coldparadiseprojects
Beneath the waters of the Inner Sound, a submarine firing range lies in the shape of a parallelogram. Torpedoes and sonic weaponry have left a legacy of harm to echolocating marine life and the vessels above. Here, that concealed geometry rises to the surface, carried from sea to land and reformed through fire, emerging as a scorched, scarred space. A burned outline echoing the energy released beneath the water, translated here through heat and combustion.
Hand-drawn map with Letraset, map, risograph, RA-4 darkroom print and acetate on proofing paper.
81 × 57 cm (Burnin Range - Wood and petrol measuring 100 × 400 cm)
‘Bringing Magic To The Mountains’. - Magic written in bedroom window condensation at sunrise.
Shieldaig, Highlands, Scotland. Spring 2026.
Ra4 darkroom print and Risograph with glitter and pimple patches on paper. 50x64cm.
Seacoal originating from the hundreds of 18th-20th century coal carrying ships and steamships wrecked along the Cornish coast.
During the mid Victorian era, the loss of ships around the UK coastline was particularly high in the winter months, as vessels carrying over loaded cargoes of coal, a vital commodity for heat and industry, were driven into dangerous seas in pursuit of profit.
This coal spilled from these vessels has remained on or just beneath the seabed in solid lumps, fossilised with barnacles, later hauled back into Newlyn Harbour in fishermen’s nets, and finally reaching me for my work, KEUNYSER.
![Thank you to all who joined us yesterday for the talk and viewing of my works KEUNYSER in dialogue with the ONE YEAR miners strike 84-85 exhibition. Thanks again to the @martinparrfdn @martinparrstudio and @isaac.blease for having me. You can now find all publications available at the @mpfbookshop ."Keunyser" [koe'nI'zEr], m. – the Cornish term for a 'fuel gatherer' – Seacoal emerges from the ocean, unintentionally ensnared by trawling fishermen and delivered ashore. This material encapsulates contradictions, once a driving force propelling the progression of human civilisation, coal now casts a shadow over the very systems it once fuelled. The work is an act of labour, meticulously charting marks on paper through repetitive motions that evolve into a ritualistic performance. The coal is rolled, pushed, pulled, and rubbed, tracing the material's path of inevitable decay. Once revered, these coal relics now stand as silent witnesses to the complexities of progress and the delicate equilibrium needed to preserve our world.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6826223335454457162361_0_8d41c4a41e8f18b440a6d1033842f2b4.jpg?o=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&h=7be7243c21448e675dbd97707bcac60a)
